These vistas of desolation
Image and poetry in Margaret Atwood and Charles Pachter's The Journals of Susanna Moodie
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12929792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Murray (0000-0001-8516-1839, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-84 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Canadian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-8078 • E-ISSN: 0269-9222 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/bjcs.2011.6 |
| OpenAlex | W2075054785 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article examines the relationship between text and image in Margaret Atwood and Charles Pachter's The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1997). Critical considerations of The Journals have, to a large extent, been restricted to the textual component of the anthology. This study, however, advances a more inclusive critical mode, one that views the anthology not simply as a selection of poems with accompanying illustrations, but rather as a livre d'artiste – a distinctive genre demanding a distinctive critical approach that pays particular heed to the interaction between text and image. Initially exploring the causes of such text-centred interpretations, this study analyses closely the complex, multi-faceted relationship between artwork and text in several selected poems. In doing so, it argues that the function of Pachter's contribution to The Journals exceeds the illustrational and represents a vital component of the text
Art · Art history · Literature · Mode (computer interface · Poetry · Computer Science · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · History · Short Stories in Global Literature · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |